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The Fear

June 12, 2011
By Sabiha SILVER, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Sabiha SILVER, Salt Lake City, Utah
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“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” -Oscar Wilde

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Hijab
Scarf

Veil
One word invokes so many emotions
attached are countless misconceptions
terrorist
oppression
extremism
she pulls the fabric closer to her face as they stare,
point,
judge.
to them, it means fear.
to her, even more fear.

© Danielle B.,New Ulm, MN

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